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It's slower than usual in the UGAAA this time of year, but here is a round-up of some of the latest news surrounding your Bulldog teams as we enter the summer months:

*Baseball's Hunter Cole was named a Freshman All-America, while several of his Diamond Dog teammates were chosen in this month's MBL draft. Read more about the draft here.

*Track & Field performed solid at the NCAA Championships, with the women recording their highest team finish since 2007 and freshman pole vaulter Morgann Leleux taking second place in her event. More here.

*Mark Richt's new contract was finalized and approved, securing Richt in Athens through the 2016 season while Director of Athletics Greg McGarity's contract was extended through 2017.

*Gymnast Kat Ding and swimmer Wendy Trott were named Capital One Academic All-Americans, with UGA one of just four schools (Alabama, Duke, Vermont) to have two student-athletes named to the prestigious list. More on that here.

Keep connected with all your University of Georgia Athletics news on Georgiadogs.com, as well as on Facebook (Facebook.com/GeorgiaBulldogs) and on Twitter (@UGAAthletics).

Quick little nugget this morning to go with your morning coffee: three former Georgia football players have been singled out by the NFL, including on the league's "Top 10 players under the age of 25." Check out who made the list and read more here!

First of all, I wanted to take a second to apologize for the severe lack of blog posts to Between the Hedges over the last couple days/weeks. It's been a crazy time around here in the Athletic Department with all the sports either winding down or heating up, but I realize that despite that, this blog was created for the sole purpose of giving Bulldog fans and supporters a glimpse inside the goings-on at the UGAAA, so the lack of posting is not only inexcusable, but a giant missed opportunity.

It really seems like every time you turn around, one of the Georgia teams is doing something great this time of year. Track & Field just got back from the SEC Championships, where they posted the highest combined score in school history. Baseball earned a spot in the SEC Championships in Hoover, Ala., as the Bulldogs play their final home game tonight and their last SEC series this weekend at Alabama. Softball learned it will host an NCAA Regional this weekend. Men's golf is set to play its regional rounds this weekend, while Rocio Sanchez Lobato qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual on the women's side.

And then you have tennis. Ah, tennis in Athens in May.

The main reason I've been slacking at writing lately is the fact that we're hosting the 2012 NCAA Men's and Women's Tennis Championships here on campus, starting this Thursday and running through Memorial Day. Without being a math major, you can figure out that that's nearly two weeks of tennis. But I am definitely not complaining, because hosting the tennis tournament is without a doubt one of the highlights of my career (short as it may be) working in sports.

We hosted the tournament last in 2010, my first year at UGA, when I was still a grad assistant and horribly afraid of making a mistake in any area of my job, even more so with 32 tennis teams here competing in their biggest event of the year. I came to find that going through the planning process this year, I blacked out most of what happened in 2010. At the point you're working two weeks of 12+ hour days, it's hard to retain any more information besides that you survived and two teams won.

I think the most special part of the tournament is the fact that UGA has hosted it so many times. This will be the 30th time overall (men's, women's, or both), and as my good friend Coach Dan Magill would say, Georgia is the "mecca of college tennis." Back in the "good old days," Coach Magill made sure UGA had the best tennis facilities in the country so that Georgia would get the chance to host the tournament. Well, it did, and the folks here did such a good job that it kept coming back. Most years, the tournament has been in Athens, and whether you're one of the many who feel like it should be permanently based here, like the College World Series are in Omaha and Oklahoma City, or someone who feels that that would give the Bulldogs an unfair advantage, you have to appreciate the fact that this town turns upside down every third week of May in a hosting year.

Going through this a second time now, I can appreciate the fact that the tournament gets brought back to Athens because of history and tradition and because of Coach Magill, but also because Georgia is good at it. I was talking to our AD for event management Matt Brachowski for a Q&A a couple weeks ago - Matt doubles as the tournament director - and he made me aware of something very interesting. He said that he feels pressure to do a good job so that the tournament is awarded to Athens as a host site again. Thinking of it like that makes it so much easier to get through these crazy times. We all work together to make sure that the fans, media, and especially the participants have a good experience, and that we get the opportunity to host again. The work we do is a reflection on UGA, Athens, and the athletic department, and I don't think that's lost on anyone from the Athletic Director to the ticket takers to the promotions staff to the grounds crew to the ushers. Around here we've all heard stories about folks marking tournament week off in their calendars, that this tournament is truly a part of Athens, and means so much to the people who've been coming for years. We are working for those people. We can't let them down.

So, as I am about to head over to the courts to enter lock-down mode for the rest of May, I encourage you to come out to the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, even if it's just for one match or one hour. I promise you'll see right away how special the NCAA Tennis Championships are, and why coaches and players all around the country talk about how much fun they have when they qualify for the round of 16 and get to come play here.

Georgia golfers made it two in a row at the Stadion Classic, with former Bulldog Hudson Swafford winning the Nationwide event as a rookie on the tour yesterday, following up his old teammate Russell Henley's win last year. The event is held at the UGA Golf Course in Athens.

Swafford won the Stadion by one stroke, using a course-record 9-under 62 Sunday to finish at 17-under for the event with a 267, the lowest score since this tournament moved to the UGA Golf Course. He withstood runs by Vanderbilt alum Luke List and two-time U.S. Open champ Lee Janzen.

For more on Swafford's big win, check out this article posted to Georgiadogs.com, which includes an interview with the Georgia All-American.

ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia's assistant athletic director for
event management, Matt Brachowski, has been involved with the NCAA Tennis
Championships since 1995, has served on the NCAA Tennis committee and as its chair,
and is looking forward to hosting another great event in 2012. In this Q&A
we check in with Brachowski to discuss what goes into hosting the tournament in
Athens, as well as some of the challenges and his best memories.

Georgiadogs.com: What is your role at UGA, and how long have
you been involved with tennis?

Matt Brachowski: At Georgia I am the assistant AD for event
management, and the NCAA Tennis tournament director. The first tournament I
worked was in spring 1995 when Coach [Dan] Magill was still working as the
tournament director. After he retired from the Athletic Association, Coach
[Manuel] Diaz and I sort of tag-teamed the position for a couple years, and
2000 was the first time I was the tournament director. I've been the director
on the men's side in 2000, 2001, and 2003, and was the women's director in 2004
and 2005, and for both championships in 2007 and 2010. From Sept. 2004-Aug.
2008 I was a member of the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Tennis Committee
and was chair of that committee during the 2008 NCAA Championships.

GD: What is it like getting ready to host the tournament?

MB: Well, we've got to corral a bunch of crazy staff to make
sure they're doing what they need to do! My role is to oversee the entire
operation of the championships and stay in touch with the different departments
to see what they need. We try to plan and direct everything so that the event
can run well and be bigger and better than the previous year. We work with the
ticket office, promotions, sports information, facilities, and everyone -
bringing all the different parts together and giving everyone the resources
they need to do their jobs.

GD: How about once it starts?

MB: Once we're on site, there's still the overview of
running the operations of the event. I'll work with the folks on the ground -
ticket takers, ushers, media staff - and help visiting teams and participants
with everything they need. I want to be a resource. We're also the liaison to
the NCAA and the committee to make sure their policies they want enforced for
the championship are being met. Even though we're the host of the championship,
this is still the NCAA's event and we have to follow the policies and
procedures they set.

GD: What are the biggest challenges you've faced since you
started doing this?

MB: The biggest challenges are always the things you hadn't
thought of or hadn't had to face before. You have to deal with things in an
efficient manner, and come up with solutions that will be the best for all
parties involved. With an outdoor championship like tennis, you obviously try
to do the best you can with weather, and even if it's a practice day, you make
sure the 32 teams who need to practice can get court times some way, somehow.
You have to help the teams as much as possible and do all we can for them. The
other challenges are just being available. With this kind of event, there are a
lot of long hours for the people working and you've got to be sure you're ready
for the next day. There are usually some early wakeup calls, and we've finished
matches at 2 or 3 a.m. and then you've got to be back in the morning. I think
everything can be a challenge - it's how you deal with it either beforehand or
how it occurs that dictates if it's something easily overcome or if it gives
you more trouble than it should.

GD: Do you feel comfortable now that you've done this so
many times, or do you still get anxious?

MB: With my personality, I never feel comfortable. I always
think of things that need to be done, or what we can do to have a positive
impact on the championships and the participants. It's never a guarantee you're
going to get to host again, and we need to do what we can do to have a positive
impact so that we're in a position to be awarded the chance to host again in
the future.

GD: A lot of people say the tournament belongs in Athens.
Does that make you proud?

MB: It makes you feel good when people recognize the job you
do and think you do it well. There's a segment of the college tennis population
that always comes to Athens and think it should remain in the discussion for a
rotation or on a permanent basis, but in the last 10 years it's been a
rotational basis. A lot of current coaches and players have gotten used to
that, but there's also another segment that enjoys the opportunity to go to 2
or 3 different places over a four-year career and not play here every year.
They want to travel and see different venues. There are also a lot of schools
out there trying to improve their facilities so that they can host. Much like
the Super Bowl or the All-Star Game, teams build facilities and want the chance
to showcase them. I think that's good for the growth of college tennis.

GD: What is your best memory from the NCAA Championships?

MB: One that sticks out to me is one of the first years I
was heavily involved - which was 1999. It just so happened to be one of the
years Georgia was able to win on the men's side when it was a men's-only
championship at that time. I remember during the ceremony after the event,
Manuel had an interview or something and so the trophy wound up in my lap. I
was just sitting on the court bench afterwards and with the trophy in my hands,
I just had this feeling that I had had a little bit to do with it. With
hosting, you try to take as much off the coach's plate as you can, and I felt
like we'd let Coach Diaz focus on coaching tennis - that's his role and should
be his role. For whatever reason I just felt a little self-gratification that I'd
had a little impact on winning that year.

The 2012 NCAA Men's
and Women's Tennis Championships will be held at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex
in Athens, Ga., May 17-28.

Between The Hedges on
Wednesday caught up with Georgia javelin star Braydon Anderson. The 22-year-old
true sophomore dishes on why he got a late start on college, why he loves
Athens, and more.

BtH:
Thanks for stopping by, Braydon. You're already 22 and only a sophomore, due to
the fact that you spent two years after high school on a mission as part of the
LDS Church. Could you tell us a little bit about that?

Braydon Anderson: Traditionally in my church, you leave home when you're 19. You pay your
own way to go somewhere you're assigned--I was assigned to Boise, Idaho--so I
left for Boise and spent the majority of time in the area around there. Every
day for two years, I wore a white shirt and tie, slacks, and just went out. It
was a full time mission, so I left early in the morning and got back late at
night, after spending all day looking for people to teach. I'd try to help
anyone out with whatever was going on in their life, teach them about my faith,
and try to serve however I could. But it was also a real experience in being
able to discover myself. It was my first time away from home like that. It was
a real structured lifestyle, which was definitely a blessing in my life.

BtH: What
were some of the specific things that you think made it such a powerful
experience?

BA: One of
the big ways it was a unique experience was that I didn't work in the typical
sense, wasn't making money, and that I didn't go to school. Everything that I
paid went towards my housing, my food, my transportation, so I was really able
to put all my personal cares and worries aside and completely focus on other
people. That made a huge difference for me, because not having to worry about
that stuff let me help people out.

BtH: Did
that structure allow for you to get some throwing practice in at all?

BA: I
actually didn't have much, if any, time to train, other than as much as I could
get in doing pushups, pullups and situps. That's about the extent of what I
could do. I did at one point--there was a high school we passed in Oregon and
some kids were out there throwing the javelin, so I did get to toss it around a
bit--but other than that I didn't have any formal training while I was on my
mission. Just didn't have time for it, couldn't do it, so I just had faith that
I was doing the right thing out there and I'd be blessed for it.

BtH: We're
very glad you ended up here. What was your decision making process looking at
schools after such a long time away from them?

BA: Well,
before I left for my mission I had come here on a recruiting visit. A track
camp here in high school was my first exposure to [Assistant Coach Don] Babbitt,
and he liked that I was a quick learner and was teachable. I ended up coming
here for that recruiting visit in 2008, and my mom and I loved the facilities,
the coach, and the program. At the end of my visit I told Coach Babbitt that I
was going on a mission for my church, and he said that after I finished it, if
he was still coaching here, he'd have a spot for me on the team. So towards the
end of my mission, I was making a decision on where to go to school--had a
couple scholarship offers and was weighing academic opportunities, and emailed
Coach Babbitt. It felt like forever for him to email me back [laughs], but he
said that he'd love for me to be on the team.

BtH: Were
you also considering Brigham Young?

BA: Yeah,
I was accepted on academics and they also offered me a track scholarship. It
made the decision really hard. For a long time I was convinced I was going to
BYU, as it was one of my wants as a child and my sister was actually already
there at school, so to be able to go out there and hang out with her was a cool
prospect. But one of the big decisions I made on coming to the University of
Georgia was the program, Coach Babbitt, and my family being here in Georgia.

BtH: They're
in Marietta, right? How does Athens compare to your hometown?

BA: I love
Athens. There's really just a big sense of comradery here, you know? Everybody
loves everybody, and it's really awesome. It's also the South, and I had missed
that southern comfort. It's a nice little bubble of Georgia pride.

BtH: How
do you think being here at UGA has helped you as a javelin thrower?

BA: Back
in high school, I threw well, but I didn't have any formal training so it was
more abut me just slinging the javelin as far as I could. I was a pitcher too,
so I have a natural throwing arm from baseball. Initially my javelin throw was
very much like a baseball throw. Being able to come here under Coach Babbitt,
who was a javelin thrower himself, was just what I needed. He's been a really
good teacher, ironing out the fundamentals, laying a foundation for my
technique. I still have pretty basic form in comparison to other throwers, but
I make do with what I got.

BtH: You've
still got two good years ahead of you. But what are some things you might be
thinking about for after graduation?

BA: Well,
my major right now is Psychology. A lot of that came from my mission, being
concerned with other people and why people do the things they do. For a long
time I'd wanted to be a counselor, to work in marriage and family counseling,
but one of the things I've been thinking about now is maybe becoming a juvenile
probation officer. It's a good way to be involved with kids and maybe make a
difference where you can. And I think with specifically my attributes--my
personality, my physical stature--I feel like I can be pretty influential. I've
got a younger brother and sister, and it just seems like something I'd love to
do.

For more on Braydon's story, check out this video produced by UGA NewSource.

So, with the Nationwide Tour's Stadion Classic at UGA kicking off this week (an event that was won by Georgia's Russell Henley last season), Between The Hedges was on site to capture some of the action leading up to the tournament.

On Monday morning, a host of former Bulldogs were back in town and out at the course to participate in the Celebrity Pro-Am that afternoon. We caught up with participant Hines Ward before he teed off, and the former Bulldog and NFL star talked about how he loves coming back to Athens, his hopes to one day start a broadcasting and coaching career, and how he hoped to beat his old QB Mike Bobo on the course.

You can check out Hines' interview as well as some others right here, thanks to GTV.

Later in the day, the Georgia men's and women's golf teams held a clinic for children at the UGA Golf Course. Between The Hedges had the chance to talk to Georgia's Director of Golf Dave Cousart, who spoke highly of the event:

"It's a great event, one we normally have at the beginning
of the tournament on Monday afternoon. We've got a great turnout too, looks
like 150 kids or so, so that's our biggest ever--and when I say kids, we've got
maybe 30 college students here, probably in addition to 150 little ones. We try
to do it from three years old all the way up to college age. It's part of the Nationwide Tour, as you can see there's
about 20 of those pros out here helping us. You've also got the Women's Golf
team, and somewhere around here are the guys too. It's just a great, fun
event."

We also spoke with Shane Todd of Chick-Fil-A Beechwood, the head sponsor of the event:

"This particular
event is great because obviously, it gets kids involved. So Thursday through
Sunday is the golf tournament for the golf fans, but here we get to focus on
kids age three all the way up through high school. Chick-Fil-A is proud to be a part
of that."

Be sure to check out the Stadion Classic, as it's not every day a Nationwide event winds up in a small town like Athens! And you also might get to see a Georgia player or two out there! All the info you need is here.

It was a big weekend for the Bulldogs as the NFL Draft came and went, with SEVEN Georgia players getting taken. That marked the first time since '06 that UGA had seven players drafted, while the total was the second highest among the 12 SEC schools. Overall, the Southeastern Conference led the way with 42 selections (the sixth year in a row that was the case). All 12 schools had at least one player drafted.

Recapping the Georgia picks: Georgia offensive lineman Cordy Glenn was selected in the Second Round of the 2012 NFL Draft on Friday night in New York, selected by the Buffalo Bills with the 41st overall pick as the first three rounds wrapped up on Friday.

With the NCAA Men's & Women's Tennis
Championships just around the corner, we checked in with former Stanford
University head men's tennis coach Dick Gould, who now works as the Director of
Tennis for the Cardinal. Gould was the head coach for 38 years and won 776
matches and 17 NCAA team championships. In this Q&A Gould talks about the tournament, his memories of playing in Athens, his longtime friend and coaching rival Dan Magill, and more.

"When I retired from
coaching after 38 years, I decided I didn't want to stop working. So I created
a job description that I thought would really help the coaches who were
succeeding me. As Director of Tennis, I would have the responsibility of
overseeing the facility, in addition to efforts with stewardship and
fundraising, and whatever else was needed to make the program run well. I think
it's very fair that I'm not involved in recruiting; a parent doesn't want to
talk to someone who isn't going to be there full-time as a coach for their son
or daughter. So I have no recruiting responsibilities, but if a coach brings by
a player to say hello or something, I'm more than happy to greet them. But when
I was coaching, there were a lot of outside factors that really impacted what I
was doing on the court or could do with the team. A lot of this is my own
doing. I really enjoyed making the schematics for the stadium and developing
the stadium additions. I really enjoyed the fundraising and stewardship aspect,
and working toward some kind of a goal or endpoint. But it did take a lot of
time. So I figured it would be nice if I could continue to do this, and at the
same time relieve our coaches of the responsibility. That gives me time to be
creative in what I do and still represent Stanford well. My current role allows
me more time for public appearances and speaking engagements, either nationally
or around Northern California. That also includes developing our online court
reservation system and refining our video streaming. So my current role has
allowed me the flexibility to do those things."

On
going to Athens this season...

"I'll be going back to
Athens, probably getting there around the start of the women's and men's
quarterfinals. My schedule doesn't allow me to take more than a few days away,
but I will also certainly be present for the ITA Hall of Fame induction
ceremony, with Dan Magill and two of our players, Patrick DuPre and David
Wheaton being inducted. I want to see our teams compete, so hopefully they are
both able to make it there. I just want to be there and soak it all in. Pick up
different ideas here or there. What are they doing over there that would help
us if we were to host again under my administration? Of course, the University
of Georgia does such a great job and there is an incredible amount of tradition
with the NCAA Championships there in Athens."

On
memorable moments from NCAA's at Athens...

"One moment that sticks
out in my mind was a loss in the finals. In 1984, we were playing a very, very
good UCLA team, with a terrific doubles team of Mark Basham and Michael Kures
at No. 1. In those days, the match was a best of nine and doubles was played
second. Everything was done, the No. 1 match was on court and I think John
Letts and Jim Grabb were playing for us. Kures from UCLA is standing in the ad
court with the biggest forehand you have ever seen. It was tied up in the third
set for the national championship. Letts was serving and his serve could go out
a little bit, so I wanted to give him a safe serve. It was no-ad scoring and
break point for everyone- if they broke us, they would be serving for the match
or if we held, we would have gotten by a game that was a struggle for us to
win. So there were a couple reasons I called a first serve to the center tee,
which was Michael's forehand. However, Michael hit that ball so hard it came
back before John could take a step into the court. I did that because the net
was lower, it was a pretty safe serve with little angle for a return and I
thought there might be an element of surprise because nobody would ever serve
it there. But he hit that ball so far with his big forehand and that was it. Later
on, we're sitting around, talking with UCLA after their postgame celebration. I
said, 'Michael, did you know that ball was going there?' He looked at me and
said, 'Coach, I've played against you for several years and I know what you're
going to do. I knew you were going to have that ball go to my forehand. So it
turned out to be one of the dumbest calls I made. Probably cost us a great
chance at a championship. You remember some of those things more than any wins.
Another moment I think was the relief I felt when we won the tournament during
the year (1978) that John McEnroe, Bill Maze and Matt Mitchell were our top
three players. That was a very different kind of a feeling. It was more a
feeling of relief, that we actually got through the tournament and won it. Even
more than the joy of the moment."

About
Athens, relationships with fans/coaches, treatment he receives as a rival coach...

"You have to always
enjoy going to Athens. It's always a thrill to walk around there and see what
they may have added, what's new, etc. It really gave their program credibility.
They started getting good once they began hosting the championships and doing a
fine job with it. Dan Magill did an extremely good job of staging the tournament
and coaching. That was one thing- I really wanted to host the tournament but I
didn't feel like I could do that and coach at the same time. So immediately
when I resigned, one of the stipulations was that we would be able to bid on
the tournament. Plus, we really wanted to do it with the men and women
together. You go to Athens every year or every other year, and form friendships
with fans, coaching and staff. I just have always loved the atmosphere back
there. I never bought into this thing of coaches have to hate their rivals,
that we have to hate Cal or UCLA. You respect them but you don't hate an
opponent. If it weren't for the opponent, we'd have nobody to play against.
Tennis coaches are really just fun-loving guys in general. I really respected
the guys I coached against. We would trade ideas even back then. I was a young
guy starting out, so I'd try to steal what they were doing."

On
Dan Magill, on and off the court...

"Dan is one of the most
incredible individuals I've ever met. First of all, he has an unbelievable
memory for sports trivia. He was once even the head SID at Georgia. Dan really
got their athletic program on the map. He's just a great story-teller. I could
remember being in the car with him, several times, begging a ride somewhere and
just listening to Dan and some of those guys tell stories about some of the
battles they had on the court as rival coaches. It was just incredible for me
to sit and listen to him. When he gets a hold of a mic, the room gets ready to
fall off their chairs in laughter because he keeps it light and makes it fun." "I
would take it a step further and say that I don't know anyone who is a greater
competitor than Dan. Sure, he's fun and nice and will give you that smile. But
Dan really wants to win, and I really respected how he could do that and still
be such a nice guy at the same time. We exchange mail a couple of times a year.
He bleeds Georgia red. He's probably the most loyal person in the whole history
of the university. When Dan retired, it was such a natural thing for him to
become the curator of the Hall of Fame. That was a passion of his all the way
along, as he was doing it while he was coaching. It was pretty much his idea;
he founded it. Dan is still playing competitively at 90 years old, or at least
I believe he was until recently. He is such a competitor. He'll say, 'Oh, last
week I played in the 90 and over's and it was 104 degrees and humid, but I
managed to pull it out. Of course, there was only one other guy alive in the
tournament.' But he's just that kind of guy. Manny (Diaz) was lucky to have
played for Dan. I think Manny picked up a ton of things from Dan. Everyone is
their own person and of course, Manny does things in a class way, but a
different way as well. College tennis will really miss Dan Magill. Not just as
a coach, but his presence. One of those guys that makes college tennis such a
great sport- that's Dan Magill."

As Georgia letterman
Brandon Boykin gears up for tonight's NFL draft, he chatted exclusively with Between The
Hedges on his thoughts on the draft, his time at Georgia, and more.

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BtH: Hey Brandon,
thanks for talking to us so close to your big day. What've you been up to since
last season?

Boykin: I've been
training for the combine and draft in Pensacola basically since the season
ended. Then there was the Senior Bowl, and since that I've come home to Atlanta
and been working out for a couple teams and stuff.

BtH: No break,
huh?

Boykin: Yeah, no
days off.

BtH: How're you
feeling heading into the Draft tomorrow?

Boykin: I'm
really excited for it. I'm hoping to go in the first or second round, first
day, and that's where a lot of people have me projected, but whenever I'm
called I'll be thrilled.

BtH: Going to be
a special moment?

Boykin: It's
going to be the biggest moment of my life. Playing in the NFL has been my dream
since I was a kid. I started playing football when I was 8 or 9, and getting to
play in the NFL has always been my goal. And pretty soon I'll be hanging around
waiting for my name to get called. It's exciting.

BtH: How do you
feel your time and accomplishments at Georgia have prepared you for the next
step?

Boykin: It's the
thing that got me here. Without it, I wouldn't be in this situation, about to
go in the Draft. Being able to play at Georgia and in the SEC prepared me for
what I'm ready to face next, being a pro.

BtH: Not to look
to far ahead or anything, but what do you see yourself doing in 10 or so years,
or after your playing career is over?

Boykin: If I'm
fortunate enough to still be playing that'd be awesome, but after that's over I
want to get into sports broadcasting. Using the relationships and contacts I
make over my career, that's what I want to end up doing.

BtH: I'm sure
we'd all love to hear you calling some Bulldog games.

Boykin: That'd be
awesome. I'd love to get to do that.

BtH: Thanks again
for sitting down to chat. Anything you'd like to say to all the Georgia fans?

Boykin: Just
thanks for all the support over the years, I wouldn't be where I am without
Georgia.

BtH: Good luck
heading into tomorrow. We're all pretty confident you'll make us proud.